Former Rarieda Member of Parliament Nicholas Gumbo has decried the treatment that Kenya's first Olympic gold medalist Naftali Temu was subjected to by the government.
In a panel interview on Tuesday on NTV, the former legislator said that when the Olympic gold medalist died no government official went to his funeral.
What's more, Naftali Temu died in a general ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he was undergoing treatment.
"I have always spoken about the issue of Naftali Temo. Naftali Temo was the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in 1968 in Mexico city," he said.
"When Naftali Temu died, I think at the beginning of this decade, he died in a general ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital. His funeral was attended by no better than the chief of the area. No senior government official," he added.
Nicholas Gumbo appealed to Kenya's collective conscience, calling on the country to take a pause and think about how it treats its national heroes.
Joe Kadenge, who passed on recently after a battle with diabetes, lived in poverty at a government house in spite of playing for the national football team with distinction.
There have been calls from different quarters for the government to get its act together.